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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 785409, member: 6036&quot;]Here&#039;s some other things very useful about die cracks :</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Die cracks tend to indicate a coin is genuine. </b>It&#039;s difficult to counterfeit a coin&#039;s details, but much more difficult to get an exact counterfeit match of a die break. On a struck counterfeit (made from dies made from a genuine &quot;host coin&quot;), then the die cracks tend to be very soft and &quot;muddy&quot;, not sharp and distinct &quot;lightning bolts&quot; as on a real coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Die cracks are very useful when attributing a coin.</b> Since no two die cracks are the same, a die crack uniquely identifies a particular die. Sometimes, a coin is so worn or corroded the die break tells us what date it is even if the date is completely gone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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